Art & nursing

Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is stressful for nurses and physicians, not the best place for many. Tilda Shalof, ICU nurse, did it for 28 years. She knew they were making a difference.

She saw a lot of caps, lids, coverings, tabs, and connectors in her daily work. They came in all colors, and she began to collect them. They were colorful, and they reminded her of the lives that were saved in ICU.

Eventually she made, with a friend's help, a mural out of the thousands she collected, and it is stunning. She says it reminds her of the patients she cared for.

She brought beauty and meaning together.

photo: treehugger.com

(from article at https://www.thestar.com/life/2017/04/04/toronto-general-hospital-nurses-plastic-collection-transformed-into-mural.html}